What a pain!

Hi. It has taken me a while to post again. As I mentioned in my previous post, my main reason for starting this blog was to inform the newbies to hip surgery what to expect. First off if your doctor tells you that you will be back to new, run.
Let me start from the beginning. I have always been an athlete, I love how I felt after a run, my endorphins were out of the roof. In high school I participated in volleyball, high jump, sprinting and dabbled with basketball. After high school I became even more addicted to exercises. I got married in October of 1988 and after giving birth to a big healthy son I returned to exercising. This time I decided to join a gym. If any of you can remember, the gym was not for girls in the eighties, well except for Jack Lalanne. But the gym I went to was filled with big men. I lived for a while in New York in Orange County. If you are familiar with the area,it is home to a couple of maximum security prison. My gym was filled with prison guards. I was in awe of all the testosterone running around. My husband put me on all the various machines and I was hooked. I have always been a strong girl. To think of it when I was in Belize,(my country of birth) once in a while we would not have any running water and would have to walk a block to the neighboring water hole with these huge water buckets. I would carry two at a time. I would get a lot of respect for that. So again I received a lot of respect in the gym because I was so strong. I remember the first time I bench press, my husband kept increasing the weights because I was not challenged. My first bench press was for one hundred and thirty five pounds. My max squats was three hundred and fifteen. I had an audience and gain a following. Before long I was competing in bodybuilding contests. But we all know that just sheer strength does not make you a winner. I never placed first in any of my competition. And the winners looked like men. I was encourage to do fitness shows but I had no gymnastic background and was intimidated by their skills. After moving back to Florida, I became a mommy again. I added a beautiful daughter to our little family. I then began getting bored with my traditional bodybuilding workouts and began searching for something else to do. I came across pilates and functional training. I again felt excited about exercising. My body never looked so good. I began toying with the idea of competing again. I decided to do another competition before I reached the big 4o. That is when everything started. I began having knee pain and had to cut out a lot of open chain movements for my knee. One particular day after doing my walking lounge, I began experiencing hip and groin pain. Did not worry too much because in the past I would take a week or two off and be fine again. Not this time.
I will leave it at that for this post but join me soon, I will have more.